Holding people accountable requires the political will to do so - and I’m talking about the people, not Congress.

The fascists won’t back down until and unless they’re afraid. They have to be made to feel fear. The old systems of shame and voting and criminal prosecution don’t work anymore.

Fourth box.

Video shows they were pushing him before that statement.

The police wouldn’t ask the federal government for National Guard help anyway. They’d ask the governor.

Or California.

I mean, who hasn’t accidentally downloaded CSAM when searching for “sunsets and beaches”, right?

Wow, no. This isn’t an all-of-a-sudden “shit we have to resort to violence” thing. Violence has always been the plan.

“Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, …”

You know what else is part of the fabric of our nation? Violent protests. You know who’s usually on the side of starting those? The State.

COs need to hear it, too, since they’ve got the responsibility not to pass those illegal orders down to the boots.

Also to have food and water outside for anyone inside who wants to defect.

That’s not relevant. Service members have the right and obligation to resist illegal orders, and they should be reminded of that before those illegal orders are handed down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

Apparently, this Act does not apply to “Federal troops used in accordance to the Insurrection Act”, and since we know that Act has been improperly invoked, “this is fine”.

It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

Kent State is going to look like a pillow fight.

Kicking the can down the road isn’t going to work. The only way out of this is through, and the sooner we get into the shit, the sooner we’ll be out of it.

National Guard should not be deployed. It’s plainly illegal.

They’re there to foment unrest, to be a lightning rod for violence, so that they can start shooting people.

It’s not going to be easy, especially for those individual servicepeople who have to make the decision about whether to follow orders or not.

It’s important to spread the message far and wide that they are not alone, that there is widespread support for them making that decision.

You’re goddamned right.

Shrimps are fuckin pointy

Except backwards.

I farted a thought.